A tale of two Veils

[Littleguy80]

2 hours ago, domstar said:

Cheers. Hope my UHC holds up. Up at 1.40am to fly home from hols this morning. It's a gorgeous night but I've decided to chill with the wife. Part of me thinks I'm not hardcore enough 🙂.

It’s just a hobby. My wife and I have a date night every Saturday come clouds or clear skies. I’m sure it was who you said “Astronomy over TV. People over Astronomy.” I thought that was as near a perfect guide as I ever heard  

Edited August 31, 2019 by Littleguy80

[niallk]

Fabulous report @Stu - a great read

The 14" Alkaid is the job - so compact in the car!  And that silhouette of you with the dob against the Milky Way deserves a big print in a frame on the wall

[Geoff Barnes]

6 minutes ago, niallk said:

Fabulous report @Stu - a great read

The 14" Alkaid is the job - so compact in the car!  And that silhouette of you with the dob against the Milky Way deserves a big print in a frame on the wall

That got me thinking that it would make a great photo for an Astro calendar. Do FLO produce an annual calendar? We certainly see enough amazing images posted on here to make the most amazing calendar, or even a wonderful "coffee table" book. 

Are you listening FLO?

[Marvin Jenkins]

Perhaps one of the SGL challenges can be to get selected for the calendar, from a years worth of all the pictures sent in to the challenges. Bit like a best of the best comp. Would cost FLO 12 mugs though! Could probably get that back out of sales.

Marvin

[Paz]

Epic report - this could go straight into an astronomy magazine and not be out of place.

I am jealous of how much gear you managed to pack into the car, on my holiday all I could take was a 50mm monocular, but on the other hand I got two late night observing passes compared to your one! 😀

[Stu]

Thanks very much @Paz

That was very well negotiated 🤣🤣, any recommended techniques?

Plenty of fun to be had with a 50mm under dark skies!

[Whistlin Bob]

Superb report. Can't believe how small that 14" packs down.

M11 has been a favourite for me this summer- it's a wonderful sight at around 200x.